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Jon Stewart’s great risk
Emma Mustich
Historian Taylor Branch on the promise -- and huge potential pratfalls -- of the "Rally to Restore Sanity"
My pen-pal romance went bad
Cary Tennis
I thought we were in love. Then he disappeared. Then he was cruising my house: Weird. And now I can't let go
“The Social Network”: Gatsby as a hoodie-wearing geek
Andrew O'Hehir
David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin launch a dense, novelistic skewering of Mark Zuckerberg in the fall's hottest movie
Republican sits for awkward interview on racist essay
Justin Elliott
Confronted about views on interracial relationships, N.Y. Congressional hopeful Jim Russell doesn't back down
Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline
Matt Zoller Seitz
The director talks at length about his "Wall Street" sequel, his Nazi comments and why he loves George W. Bush
A heart-wrenching portrait of pathological shyness
Brooke Allen
In a marvelous new memoir, the writer of "History Boys" recounts his family's tortured fear of social contact
Cranky John McCain wrong about “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Alex Pareene
The maverick insists no one's e-mails are searched for proof of gayness, which is news to the guy that happened to
How “Glee” is changing high school choir
Schuyler Velasco
The "real Will Schuester" explains the way Fox's hit show is pushing boundaries in a world known for jazz hands
“Dancing with the Stars”: The new season kicks off
Kirkland Hamill
Bristol Palin channels Mommy's finger-wagging and Jennifer Grey emerges as the sentimental favorite
Artifacts found in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office
Hamid Ahmed
Loot stolen from National Museum during 2003 invasion and returned by U.S. troops turns up among kitchen supplies
The lie that tore my family apart
Meredith Maran
In the '80s and '90s, thousands came forward with their own incest stories. I was one of them -- and I was wrong
“My Lie”: Why I falsely accused my father
Michael Humphrey
For years, Meredith Maran believed her dad molested her. She talks about "recovered memory," and finding the truth
Coalition of fear: Tea Party, the religious right and Islamophobia
Joe Conason
At Values Voters summit, anti-Muslim paranoia connects evangelical right with secular Tea Party movement
Talking about God with Martin Sheen
Andrew O'Hehir
Our fave TV president and his son Emilio Estevez talk about their moviemaking pilgrimage with "The Way"
Teens share photos of assault on Facebook
Tracy Clark-Flory
Images of a 16-year-old girl allegedly being raped have popped up online, and police can't stop the spread
Texas school board concerned that textbooks are too nice to Muslims
Alex Pareene
The powerful Board of Education considers a resolution demanding more pro-Christian messages in history books
6 arrested in alleged pope terror plot
Nicole Winfield
British police raid a London garbage depot after receiving information about a possible threat. None charged
Mark David Chapman, fame monster
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Newly released transcripts of John Lennon's killer reveal his surprising insights into modern celebrity culture
The myth that Americans are going soft
Alyssa Battistoni
David Brooks and Thomas Friedman claim we're losing our place in the world because Americans don't like hard work
Goldman Sachs: When business and strip clubs mix
Tracy Clark-Flory
A sex discrimination suit against the firm raises the question of whether topless bars belong in corporate culture
Old man says Washington too mean, “partisan”
Alex Pareene
If it's Thursday, Post columnist David Ignatius is making an argument for moderate centrism
A tribute to multiculturalism in baklava
Felicia Lee
I once lived where Greek, Chinese and English speakers blend seamlessly. This dessert is inspired by their flavors
The misguided reaction to Tea Party candidates
Glenn Greenwald
The condescension toward these new right-wing standard-bearers seems more cultural than ideological
The paranoid style in American punditry
Laura Miller
Richard Hofstadter's seminal take on right-wing crackpots sheds light on the current anti-Muslim panic
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